BYOD -Yikes!!

A recent court ruling by the California Court of Appeal creates yet another headache for organizations implementing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs. The Court of Appeal in Cochran v. Schwan’s Home Service stated, “We hold that when employees must use their personal cellphones for work-related calls, Labor Code section 2802 requires the employer to reimburse them.”

This case only covers telephone calls. But personal data and apps, as well as homeWiFi use for work-related activities, may be soon to follow. According to a recent ABI Research blog on the ruling by analyst, Dan Shey, “The best tools will make it easy to separate personal voice and data services usage from business voice and data services usage.”
http://networkingexchangeblog.att.com/enterprise-business/california-court-ruling-changes-byod-landscape/?source=EENTOUTB11181403N#fbid=ZNHXrY6FpEV